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A roundup of some of the most wildly popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. AP checked these out; here are the real facts:
NOT REAL: Conservative Icon Ted Nugent Killed In Hunting Accident
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![In this Tuesday, March 23, 2010, file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels. Google has sprinkled some new ingredients into its search engine in an effort to prevent bogus information and offensive suggestions from souring its results. [AP file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/google%20logo.jpeg?itok=ygU6y_Wi "In this Tuesday, March 23, 2010, file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels. Google has sprinkled some new ingredients into its search engine in an effort to prevent bogus information and offensive suggestions from souring its results. [AP file photo]")
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has sprinkled some new ingredients into its search engine in an effort to prevent bogus information and offensive suggestions from souring its results.
The changes have been in the works for four months, but Google hadn't publicly discussed most of them until now. The...
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata has a word with Vice President Pense during his brief stop over in the territory. [photo: Leafauna Tavai Yahn]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/prense-1.jpg?itok=wTTSZS59 "Congresswoman Aumua Amata has a word with Vice President Pense during his brief stop over in the territory. [photo: Leafauna Tavai Yahn]")
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has thanked American service members based in American Samoa, citing "challenging times" for the military in the Asia-Pacific.
Completing a visit to the region and en route back to the United States, Pence addressed some 200 soldiers during a refueling stop in Pago...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — On Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the "latest vile" attack on civilians in Syria.
Both in his impromptu homily during Mass in St. Peter's Square and later in his...
![[image from Wentworth website]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/DSC_0084.jpeg?itok=GEnbZyF_ "[image from Wentworth website]")
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri military academy and college that dates to 1880 and includes federal lawmakers, business titans and a famous zoologist among its alumni will fold at the end of next month, given waning enrollment, rising costs and an aging campus.
Wentworth Military Academy and...
![Fiji won the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens for a record-extending 17th time on Sunday, beating South Africa 22-0 in a lopsided final to win their first tournament since the Rio Olympics, during day 3 at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on April 9, 2017. [photo: Joe Hamby]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/The%20winners%20Fijiweb.jpg?itok=AUYnrVjZ "Fiji won the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens for a record-extending 17th time on Sunday, beating South Africa 22-0 in a lopsided final to win their first tournament since the Rio Olympics, during day 3 at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on April 9, 2017. [photo: Joe Hamby]")
HONG KONG (AP) — Fiji won the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens for a record-extending 17th time on Sunday, beating South Africa 22-0 in a lopsided final to win their first tournament since the Rio Olympics.
Still rebuilding after several senior players and their former coach Ben Ryan left after winning the...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo.
The pontiff expressed his "deep condolences" to the Coptic patriarch, Tawadros II, calling him "my brother," to the Coptic...
NEW YORK (AP) — Google will expand the use of "fact check" tags in its search results - the tech industry's latest effort to combat false and misleading news stories.
People who search for a topic in Google's main search engine or the Google News section will see a conclusion such as "mostly true"...
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is launching a resource to help you spot false news and misleading information that spreads on its service.
The resource, similar to previous efforts around privacy and security, is basically a notification that pops up for a few days. Clicking on it takes you to tips and...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Now that both houses of Congress have voted to block Obama-era broadband privacy rules , what does that mean for you?
In the short term, not so much. The rules, which would have put tough restrictions on what companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T can do with information such...